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• VCEALA380

  Create a small range of texts based on modelling

  Elaborations

  • creating a small range of texts for different purposes, such as a report, narrative or simple argument
  • transforming texts into new formats using a model text, for example rewriting an interview into a short report
  • incorporating information and ideas from personal experience, classroom discussion and some familiar classroom texts

  VCEALA380 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B2 | Writing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALL400

  Use a small range of software functions to create simple digital texts

  Elaborations

  • using a keyboard to type capital and lower-case letters, numbers, basic punctuation marks and symbols
  • typing letters and words, copying from a print text or typing short original texts
  • using a range of editing and formatting functions, such as inserting or deleting text, using font styles and alignment
  • inserting images and tables

  VCEALL400 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B2 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL393

  Use a number of common conjunctions to link ideas to create compound and complex sentences

  Elaborations

  • constructing compound sentences with an expanding range of coordinating conjunctions (such as ‘and’, ‘but’, ‘so’), for example ‘I caught the train and then walked to the beach but I didn’t go swimming’
  • constructing complex sentences using some common subordinating conjunctions (such as ‘because’, ‘if’, ‘when’), for example ‘When Sam opened the door, her puppy ran to greet her’, ‘He can’t drink milk because he is allergic’

  VCEALL393 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B2 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL372

  Develop a small range of skills to create and navigate a simple digital text, including multimodal and interactive texts

  Elaborations

  • typing in letters and words, copying from a print text or typing short original texts
  • following step-by-step instructions to navigate a digital text using menu items or links

  VCEALL372 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B2 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• English as an Additional Language (EAL) - Pathway B: Mid immersion - EAL: Level B2 description

  The Level B2 curriculum develops students’ knowledge, understanding and skills in relation to their spoken English. Students learn to negotiate simple exchanges in English, combining their understanding of both verbal and non-verbal language. They refine and further develop a wide range of fundamental...

  Level description | English | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Pathway B: Mid immersion | EAL

• VCEALL387

  Use heading and text formats appropriate to the task

  Elaborations

  • using headings to group information in a report, for example ‘Description’, ‘Habitat’, ‘Diet’ for a report on an animal
  • creating a storyboard with images in sequence and text written underneath the relevant image

  VCEALL387 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B2 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALC351

  Contribute to group activities on shared texts

  Elaborations

  • listening to group discussion, contributing relevant ideas and negotiating responses to the group activity
  • creating shared responses to the text, for example answering questions or jointly writing a short extension to a story

  VCEALC351 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B2 | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALL397

  Use appropriate layouts to separate ideas and incorporate visual features in texts

  Elaborations

  • separating sections in texts by starting a new idea on a new line, or a new section on a new page
  • locating diagrams or tables close to relevant information in print and digital texts
  • using text layout tools in a software application when creating digital texts, for example to align or resize images

  VCEALL397 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B2 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features